Either
way, no sense in whining about it... yeah, right. I have a theory or
two about what happened, and on a bright note, it is fixable. I made
a conscious effort this past summer to split the wood thicker. I did
this because the bigger pieces burn longer, but it makes my life
easier - for any given block of wood, there is less splitting to do.
Big pieces take longer to dry, but I figured since it was year two,
it had plenty of time to dry. Now my biggest issue with big pieces is
that they take up a lot of space, so when you stack it, you get less
bang for your buck. I know it's all supposed to be the same in the
end, but I do think smaller pieces stack more densely and
subsequently, there is more wood to burn for a pile of the same size.
At least that's how it feels.
The
take home message is that I'm either going to have to split the wood
smaller again, or stack the pile higher, or both. This dipping into
year two is a drag, but dipping this much into year two is completely
unacceptable. I was so stoked this fall because I had two killer
piles going and I was ready, but having burned through so much wood
I'm beginning to reassess my feelings of pride. I'm not so bitchen,
after all, am I?
Plus,
with spring's arrival, I get to stress about obtaining another
truckload of logs, which is never a simple matter. We'll see how this
goes.
Until
then, thanks for reading, and thanks to hans.emtenas for the pic.
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